Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs

Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters 8th Floor, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla, Colombo
6°54′12.60″N 79°54′55.60″E / 6.9035000°N 79.9154444°E / 6.9035000; 79.9154444Coordinates: 6°54′12.60″N 79°54′55.60″E / 6.9035000°N 79.9154444°E / 6.9035000; 79.9154444
Annual budget
  • Rs. 3 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 3 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
  • S. B. Nawinne, Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • D. Swarnapala, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Department of Cultural Affairs
  • Department of Immigration and Emigration
  • Department of National Museum
  • Department of Registration of Persons
Website cultural.gov.lk

The Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for internal affairs, development of Wayamba and culture. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on internal affairs, Waymba development and cultural affairs and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs are S. B. Nawinne and Palitha Thewarapperuma respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is D. Swarnapala.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Ministers of Culture
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
Kuruppu, JayaweeraJayaweera Kuruppu Sri Lanka Freedom Party Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D.S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Minister of Local Government and Cultural Affairs [5][6][7]
Kalugalla, P. B. G.P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 June 1959 Minister of Cultural Affairs and Social Services [8]
8 December 1959 Dahanayake, W.W. Dahanayake [8]
Aluwihare, BernardBernard Aluwihare United National Party 23 March 1960 1960 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs [8]
Senanayake, MaithripalaMaithripala Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 July 1960 Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Industries, Home and Cultural Affairs [9]
Kalugalla, P. B. G.P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 May 1963 Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs [10]
Iriyagolla, I. M. R. A.I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla United National Party March 1965 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake [11][12]
Tennakoon, T. B.T. B. Tennakoon Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Cultural Affairs [13]
Hurulle, E. L. B.E. L. B. Hurulle United National Party 23 July 1977 Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene [14][15][16]
Lokubandara, W. J. M.W. J. M. Lokubandara United National Party 18 February 1989 28 March 1990 Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa Minister of Education, Cultural Affairs and Information [17][18]
30 March 1990 Minister of Cultural Affairs and Information [18][19]
August 1993 Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga [20]
Jayakody, LakshmanLakshman Jayakody Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 Minister of Cultural and Religious Affairs [21][22]
Gopallawa, MontyMonty Gopallawa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Cultural Affairs [23]
Abeywardena, Mahinda YapaMahinda Yapa Abeywardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 25 July 2005 Minister of Cultural Affairs and National Heritage [24]
28 January 2007 Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Cultural Affairs [25][26]
Wanniarachchi, Pavithra DeviPavithra Devi Wanniarachchi Sri Lanka Freedom Party 23 April 2010 Minister of National Heritage and Cultural Affairs [27][28][29]
Ekanayake, T. B.T. B. Ekanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 November 2010 Minister of Culture and the Arts [30][31]
Wickremesinghe, RanilRanil Wickremesinghe United National Party 12 January 2015 17 August 2015 Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena Minister of Policy Planning, Economics Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs [32][33][34][35]
Nawinne, S. B.S. B. Nawinne United National Party 4 September 2015 Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs [36][37][38]

Secretaries

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Culture Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
Rubasinghe, WimalWimal Rubasinghe 25 April 2010 National Heritage and Cultural Affairs Secretary [39]
22 November 2010 Culture and the Arts Secretary [40]
Liyanage, K.K. Liyanage 19 January 2015 Policy Planning, Economic Affairs, Child, Youth and Cultural Affairs Secretary [41]
Swarnapala, D.D. Swarnapala 8 September 2015 Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs Secretary [42][43][44]

References

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  8. 1 2 3 Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
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  10. ↑ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 19: Anguish and pain". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  11. ↑ Ceylon Year Book 1968 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 15–16.
  12. ↑ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 20 - Tamil leadership lacks perspicuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
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  14. ↑ Sri Lanka Year Book 1977 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 17–18.
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  16. ↑ Sri Lanka Year Book 1982 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. pp. 12–14.
  17. ↑ de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 210.
  18. 1 2 Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 43: Aftermath of the Indian withdrawal". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story.
  19. ↑ de Silva, W. P. P.; Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. pp. 213–214.
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  21. ↑ "The New Cabinet" (PDF). Tamil Times XIII (8): 4. 15 August 1994. ISSN 0266-4488.
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  23. ↑ "New cabinet sworn in today". Current Affairs. Government of Sri Lanka. 19 October 2000.
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  25. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1482/08. 29 January 2007.
  26. ↑ "The New Cabinet". The Island (Sri Lanka). 29 January 2007.
  27. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1651/3. 26 April 2010.
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  29. ↑ "New Parliament, New Cabinet" (PDF). The Nation (Sri Lanka). 25 April 2010.
  30. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1681/2. 22 November 2010.
  31. ↑ "New Faces Boost Cabinet as Hopes Rise". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 28 November 2010.
  32. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1897/16. 18 January 2015.
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  34. ↑ "New Cabinet takes oaths". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015.
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  37. ↑ "New Cabinet". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 4 September 2015.
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  39. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1652/02. 3 May 2010.
  40. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1681/04. 22 November 2010.
  41. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1899/14. 28 January 2015.
  42. ↑ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Appointments & c., by the President" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1932/69. 18 September 2015.
  43. ↑ "44 new Ministry Secretaries appointed". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 8 September 2015.
  44. ↑ "New Secretaries to Ministries appointed". The Island (Sri Lanka). 9 September 2015.

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